{"id":1294,"date":"2026-05-29T19:39:57","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T19:39:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/durhammovinghub.com\/?p=1294"},"modified":"2026-05-29T19:39:57","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T19:39:57","slug":"meet-the-nos-new-raleigh-and-wake-county-reporter-nolan-wilkinson-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/durhammovinghub.com\/?p=1294","title":{"rendered":"Meet the N&O\u2019s new Raleigh and Wake County reporter, Nolan Wilkinson"},"content":{"rendered":"

Howdy, y\u2019all! My name\u2019s Nolan Wilkinson. In April, I joined the metro desk at The News & Observer, where I cover Raleigh and Wake County<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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I\u2019ve worked as a journalist in four states (Texas, Maine, Maryland and now North Carolina), and I\u2019ve almost exclusively covered the slow-turning gears of local government in each of those places.<\/p>\n

A lot of that involves tax bills<\/a>, rezonings<\/a> and developer plans<\/a>, and I\u2019ve already started to delve into the rapid growth in the Triangle. I\u2019ve also covered a nonprofit under investigation for fraud<\/a> and the details behind the WakeMed-Atrium merger<\/a> proposal.<\/p>\n

Last year, I worked as a local government reporter at The Frederick News-Post in Maryland. There, I closely followed local elections, watched as politicians became embroiled<\/u><\/a> in data center controversy and covered how local artists were being pushed out by growth.<\/a><\/p>\n

The reality is though, as much as I feel passionate writing about those things, I\u2019m really here to help tell residents\u2019 stories. Whether it\u2019s a drug overdose or neighbors relaying their concerns about the lack of a grocery store in their neighborhood<\/u><\/a>, I want to show how the news affects you.<\/p>\n

I have one anecdote that sticks with me, and I hope it provides insight into how I approach this job:<\/p>\n

It was the summer of 2024. I had just graduated from journalism school at the University of North Texas, where I cut my teeth reporting on local government<\/a> in Denton, Texas.<\/p>\n

And I had swung for the fences, moving across the country to work for a newspaper in coastal Lincoln County<\/a>, Maine.<\/p>\n

On this night, I was with a group of a dozen or so people gathered around a large rock just after sunset. The candlelit vigil marked the end of a week of overdose awareness events.<\/p>\n

I still remember the lights flickering on the faces of siblings, parents and children.<\/p>\n

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Some told stories about the loved ones they had lost. Others just lit their candles, the flames revealing tired faces.<\/p>\n

But I had no idea what to do with my camera. The lighting was too bad for my small Nikon to capture anything without a flash.<\/p>\n

More importantly, I already felt like an intruder, especially after a boy told the group that he lost his mother to an overdose.<\/p>\n

So I just listened and wrote what I could. I tried to capture my feelings from the vigil for readers.<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t know if I did a good job. But I learned.<\/p>\n

Two years and two jobs later, I know that experience forever changed how I approach journalism.<\/p>\n

Now, I\u2019m always thinking about how deeply everything I write about can affect people. I hope as I learn more about people in the Triangle, I can tell meaningful stories that connect faces to the news.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve been fascinated learning about Raleigh for nearly two months now, and I\u2019m looking forward to continuing my neighborhood education.<\/p>\n

If you have thoughts, questions, story ideas, or anything else you\u2019d like to share with me, you can email me at nolan.wilkinson@newsobserver.com<\/a>. I\u2019d love to hear from you.<\/p>\n

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Thank you for your support of local journalism.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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